melanocito

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /melanoˈθito/ [me.la.noˈθi.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /melanoˈsito/ [me.la.noˈsi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: me‧la‧no‧ci‧to

Noun

melanocito m (plural melanocitos)

1. (cytology) melanocyte

Derived terms

• melanocítico

 

Related terms

• melanina
• melanoma

 

Further reading

• “melanocito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10